Travel Blogs from Saint-Gervais-la-Foret

We decide to drive into Biarittz. It looks like a lovely town. We drive to the beach and it is rainy and overcast but it is still good to see it.

Back in the car and we drive all day. We pass through way too many toll booths for Clint, and he keeps us entertained as he trys to take his ticket & pay. Meg enjoys snapping pics of him. We stop to feed Lily and ourselves every few hours. Lily did really ...

A great night with electricity, makes a difference, a DVD and super food. Floods in the MH this morning from somewhere, sorted now and no problem. Heading to Marbouie in the rain. A lovely drive along minor roads with evidence of coypu, boar and deer in the forests and by the road ...

... teau de Chambord near Blois, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. It was built ...

... about 5pm off to our chateau hotel some 50kms away. Got lost in a close-by town, then Sonja (in her best French) got perfect directions. Lots of hand waving required, but it worked. Have just finished a lovely dinner in the chateau, as the deal is D, B&B. Looking forward to a run tomorrow around the property, & then working towards Paris for our last night in France. Tried some French Rose tonight - fail. Glad it was only a half ...

... Ladies’ Chateau" because of the many women who lived there. The kings openly consorted with their mistresses. For example, the mistress of Henri II had her own bedroom and designed and oversaw the construction of the gallery that attached the chateau to banks on the other side of the river. The chateau and its gardens are spectacular.